Signal, the messaging application that has become viral in 2021 to be a much more private WhatsApp alternative, At this moment he is in the eyes of the hurricane in the field of international politics. High officials of the United States’ defense of the Government accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, the publisher -CHEF of the medium The Atlanticin its secret signal group in which sensitive military operations are discussed.
This accident accident, involving high positions of the United States government such as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, vice -president JD Vance and national security councilor Michael Waltz, Military plans classified to attack Huti’s goals in Yemen.
The Americans’ response did not wait: Signal and Google Cloud have denounced the Russian attacks against the messaging platformwho aim to invade user accounts. This raised serious doubts about the management of information classified by the government and on the use of informal communication courses such as the signal that are highly susceptible to third party attacks.
The American war plan revealed in the signal
As a filtered by the Goldberg journalist, in the signal chat to which they were included by mistake they communicated Detailed operational updates, such as weapons packages, calendar of attacks and political justifications of attacks. How did you know that it is a real government group? Because the United States bombed Yemen at the time scheduled in the chat and subsequently the White House confirmed the legitimacy of the group.
During a conversation in which specific attacks were discussed, vice -president JD Vance expressed his reservations, claiming that The United States were “saving Europe” guaranteeing the commercial routes of the Red Sea. Vance said that he hated having to do it, that he coincides with the position of the Trump administration, who claimed that European allies will benefit from the protection of international maritime routes by the United States.
Pete Hegesh, on the other hand, supported immediate actions, citing the need to do so Restores the determination against Hutis supported by Iran. It should be noted that the Atlantic journalist for obvious reasons has not revealed specific details of what he read in the Signal group of the United States government, but he does not really need to know more to achieve the seriousness of the matter.
One of the most curious things of this chat is that some messages self -caught, which rises serious doubts about transparency and responsibility. Furthermore, it makes us think that the high officials were aware that their communication could be spied on.
Is Russia behind this?
Just over a month ago, Google Cloud has published a report entitled “Problematic signals: the actors of multiple threats aligned with Russia actively indicate to report Messenger»Where the The growing efforts of numerous threat actors have aligned with the Russian state to compromise the signal accounts Used by people of interest for Russian intelligence services.
Google believes that these attacks have been caused by the need in times of war of The reserved government and military communications in the context of Ukraine’s reinvasion by Russia intercepts. Apparently, Russian attackers are exploiting the function of the “connected devices” of the signal to access user accounts through harmful QR codes and phishing.
Once the victim has scanned the QR code, the attackers can access conversations without compromising the user’s device. These codes are masked by false invitations to security groups or notices. Mountain View also comments that, although the signal is a priority objective, other platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram are also actively attacked by groups aligned with Russia.
The signal responded to attacks by implementing updates and new authentication requirements To strengthen its safe messaging platform. However, data human errors such as the invitation of your secret group to a stranger, certainly has nothing to do and much less Russian attackers, who do not seem to be involved in the controversy with the Atlantic journalist.
Signal’s CEO defends the integrity of his app
Signal It was highlighted as “Gold Standard” in private communications for his CEO, Meredith Whittakerin recent declarations through X. Whittaker was proud of the commitment of his demand for privacy and clarified to operate as an open source non -profit organization dedicated to the development and implementation of privacy conservation technologies.
It is important to mention it Signal downloads in the United States in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 16% Compared to the previous quarter and 25% compared to the same period of 2024, demonstrating its growing popularity.
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